COMMERCIAL OR PROGRAM AIRING VERIFICATION SYSTEM

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COMMERCIAL OR PROGRAM AIRING VERIFICATION SYSTEM

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20100023961

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TARGET IMAGE - The present invention relates to a target image detecting apparatus and a method thereof. According to the present invention, the target video detecting apparatus calculates a video index for each frame of an input broadcasting signal, and compares a video index of an advertisement signal to be detected with the calculated video index of each frame of the broadcasting signal. In addition, the target video detecting apparatus detects a predetermined sequence of frames having video indexes that match a sequence of video indexes of the advertisement signal from the broadcasting signal. In addition, the target video detecting apparatus compares video indexes from a start frame of the detected plurality of frames and the corresponding frame of the advertisement signal in order to detect an advertisement signal from the broadcasting signal.

01-28-2010

20160021419

Systems and Methods for Efficiently Chronicling Broadcast Content - Systems and methods are provided for automatically capturing event occurrence data associated with a broadcast channel. A baseline schedule for the broadcast channel is imported that includes an identification of events scheduled to appear on the broadcast channel and scheduled times for those events. A prompt is provided via a graphical user interface for a user to enter a time of actual occurrence of event appearances on the broadcast channel. Indications of times of an appearance and that events did not air on the broadcast channel are received via the prompt. The indications are stored in a computer-readable medium, and a report is provided that identifies events that did appear on the broadcast channel and their time of appearance and events that did not appear on the broadcast channel.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE RECORDING OF INFORMATION - A system and method for selective recording of information uses sequential pattern matching of statistical vectors which characterize incoming time-based information to identify previously marked information within an incoming information stream. The system and method generate a signal to control a recording device to either elide the previously marked information from the recording, or to begin recording once the previously marked information is identified, depending upon the current mode of operation. The system and method may be utilized to omit recording of unwanted information, such as commercials in a television broadcast, or to automatically locate desired information on any of a number of available information channels without a priori knowledge of the occurrence time or channel of the information.

03-03-2011

20100162288

SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR VERIFYING TRIGGERS IN A VIDEO DATA STREAM - A method is disclosed for logging triggers in a video data stream the method including but not limited to monitoring a video data stream at an multimedia processor end user device; receiving from a data distribution server, the video data stream at the multimedia processor end user device; detecting a trigger in the video data stream at the multimedia processor end user device; logging a time for the trigger detected in the video data stream in a trigger log at the multimedia processor end user device; and sending the trigger log an advertising verification system in the data distribution system for correlating the time the trigger occurred with an Advertising Schedule.

06-24-2010

20130347019

METHOD FOR IMAGE PLAYBACK VERIFICATION - A process for verifying the playback of media content on a display includes receiving a digital representation of at least a portion of media content playing on the display, comparing the received digital representation to media content that was scheduled to play on the display from which the digital representation was captured and verifying the playback of the received digital representation if the received digital representation matches the compared media content. The process can further include soliciting a viewer of the display to capture a digital representation of at least a portion of the media content being presented on the display and to communicate the captured digital representation to an advertised location.

12-26-2013

20130339992

IN-TRAIN INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, IN-TRAIN INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY RESULT DETERMINING METHOD - The present invention is an in-train information display apparatus that displays advertisement content to a passenger. The in-train information display apparatus includes a display unit configured to display the advertisement content, a display monitoring unit configured to photograph a video screen which is displayed on the display unit and actually seen from the passenger, and a display-result determining unit configured to calculate color-related information, which is information concerning a color of the video screen, based on an image photographed by the display monitoring unit and determine, based on the calculated color-related information and reference information for display result determination, which is information concerning a color of the advertisement content normally displayed on the display unit, whether the display of the advertisement content has been normally performed.

12-19-2013

20090320056

SYSTEM OF USING SET-TOP BOX TO OBTAIN AD INFORMATION - A system of using a set-top box to obtain ad information includes a remote control, a set-top box, a program system server, and an advertising server. A first ad request corresponding to a target ad is transmitted to the set-top box via the remote control so as to obtain ad information of the target ad. A second ad request corresponding to the first ad request received is produced and transmitted to the program system server by the set-top box. A third ad request corresponding to the second ad request received is produced and transmitted to the advertising server by the program system server. The advertising server obtains a user's contact information and the ad information of the target ad according to the third ad request and transmits the ad information to the user. Hence, the user obtains the ad information of the target ad conveniently by the set-top box.

12-24-2009

20100146533

Listing Advertisement Transmitting Device and Method - [Problems] To provide a technique of fusing advertisement through broadcasting with that through a network out of advertisement media, especially a technique of producing a high advertisement effect by automatically synchronizing the advertisement timing and by optimizing the display form.

06-10-2010

20130191855

Automatic Detection of a Cable Trap - Firmware is installed in a cable modem, enabling detection of the presence or absence of a cable trap in the feed of a customer location. Such a cable modem includes a trap-detection module and a trap-detection object. The trap-detection module is configured to determine whether a video signal is present at a cable-television frequency. The trap-detection object is configured to store data as to whether the video signal is present. For example, a first piece of data is stored if the video signal is present, indicating absence of a properly functioning cable trap between a cable head-end and the cable modem. A second piece of data is stored if the video signal is absent, indicating presence of a properly functioning cable trap between the cable head-end and the cable modem.

07-25-2013

20130086605

PROGRAM PROMOTION FEEDBACK - A user request to watch a program is received in response to a promotion for the program. One or both of recording the program and playback of the program is performed. Information regarding one or both of the recording and the playback is output, this information including an identifier of the promotion. Additionally, a report can be generated from this information output by multiple devices, the report describing the recording of the program and the playback of the program on the multiple device in response to the promotion.

04-04-2013

20130132993

TRACKING LOCAL TELEPHONE NUMBERS - The present disclosure includes a system and method for tracking local telephone numbers. In some implementations, a method of tracking local TV ads includes receiving tracking information for a TV advertisement from a plurality of geographic regions. The TV advertisement are presented in each geographic region with a local telephone number. Metrics associated with the TV advertisement are determined for each geographic region using the tracking information. One or more Web pages are populated with at least one or more metrics for presenting to an advertiser.

05-23-2013

20150095932

LIVE CHANNEL SWITCHING AND RETURN DURING COMMERCIAL BREAKS - A device may detect a commercial break for a channel. The channel may be provided for output to a user. The device may determine another channel to provide based on detecting the commercial break for the channel. The other channel may not be associated with a commercial break. The device may provide the other channel for output to the user. The device may monitor the channel to detect that the commercial break for the channel has ended. The device may provide the channel for output to the user based on detecting that that the commercial break for the channel has ended.

04-02-2015

20150106831

ADVERTISING METRICS SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to a system and method for monitoring audio-video (AV) streams transported over a network. The system may include an AV probe deployed between an AV tuner and AV destination customer premise equipment. The AV probe may receive an incoming AV stream. The AV probe may generate a thumbnail stream by capturing thumbnails of the incoming AV stream. The AV probe may transmit, substantially in real-time, the thumbnail stream to a monitoring engine and the incoming AV stream to the AV destination customer premise equipment.

04-16-2015

20140082652

DYNAMIC REBROADCAST SCHEDULING OF VIDEOS - Some embodiments include a method for managing rebroadcast of a previously broadcast video. The method includes a computer determining popularity of the previously broadcast video based, at least in part, on a number of requests to rebroadcast the previously broadcast video. The method includes the computer determining a popularity threshold based in part on demographics of viewers sending the number of requests to rebroadcast the previously broadcast video. The method includes the computer determining that the popularity of the previously broadcast video exceeds the popularity threshold, and in response, the computer determining a day of week and time of day to rebroadcast the previously broadcast video based in part on days of the week and times of day in which the requests were sent.

03-20-2014

20110209171

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A VISUAL IMAGE SIGNAL FOR VERIFYING CONTENT DISPLAYED ON AN ELECTRONIC VISUAL DISPLAY - A system and method for producing a visual image signal for verification of visual content contained in the visual image signal being displayed on an electronic display may include forming a verification code associated with the visual content. A visual verification code signal representative of the verification code may be generated. The visual image signal inclusive of the visual content and the visual verification code signal may be generated, where the visual image signal includes the visual verification code signal so as to be visible to a human eye when displayed. The visual image signal may be displayed.

08-25-2011

20080256568

Advertisement Airing Audit System and Associated Methods - The system provides an Internet-based site accessible by customers and broadcasters for tracking the airing of their advertisements. The system includes a software package for creating a database of all events occurring on a broadcast station, which may comprise, for example, a radio or television station, although these are not intended as limitations. The software package receives a recording of a station's output, which contains metadata on each broadcast element that includes time, date, and content information. As the broadcast proceeds, the start and stop time of each element are stored in a table in the database. This database can then be subsequently queried via the website by a customer or media personnel to ascertain that the spot has aired as intended.

10-16-2008

20080276265

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING SIGNATURES - Methods and apparatus for characterizing media are described. In one example, a method of characterizing media includes capturing a block of audio; converting at least a portion of the block of audio into a frequency domain representation; dividing the frequency domain representation into a plurality of bands; determining a characteristic difference of a first band of the plurality of bands based on a comparison of a characteristic of the first band and a characteristic of a second band different from the first band, wherein the characteristic of the first band occurs at a time that is different than a time at which the characteristic of the second band takes place; and determining a signature bit based on a characteristic difference. Other examples are shown and described.

11-06-2008

20080216107

VERIFYING AND ENCOURAGING ASSET CONSUMPTION IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - Systems and methods presented herein generally provide for the compensation of asset providers and/or communications network providers for the non-consumption of assets provided with programming In this regard when users elect not to consume the assets associated with the programming, the asset provider loses the opportunity to present their assets to such non-consuming users and is thereby injured in relation to the price they have paid for the delivery of their assets. In one arrangement, a reporting module at a customer device is operative to identify when a user skips an asset and report that skip event to the network. This information may then be utilized to adjust the bill of the asset provider and/or to bill the user associated with the skip event.

09-04-2008

20090165031

Systems and Methods to Identify Target Video Content - A method of identifying target video content is provided. The method includes accessing content metadata of a video content item at a content storage. The method also includes determining at least one content signature based on the video content item and determining whether the video content item includes target content based at least partially on the content signature and the content metadata.

06-25-2009

20090094631

SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHODS TO ASSOCIATE RELATED MARKET BROADCAST DETECTIONS WITH A MULTI-MARKET MEDIA BROADCAST - Systems, apparatus and methods to associate related market broadcast detections with a multi-market media broadcast are disclosed. An example disclosed method comprises obtaining a plurality of broadcast detection records, each broadcast detection record comprising detection information obtained by detecting an instance of a broadcast item in a broadcast market, comparing the plurality of broadcast detection records using first association criteria to identify a first group of broadcast detection records from the plurality of broadcast detection records, comparing the plurality of broadcast detection records using second association criteria to identify a second group of broadcast detection records from the plurality of broadcast detection records, the second association criteria different from the first association criteria, and determining a third group of broadcast detection records from the plurality of broadcast detection records to associate with a multi-market media broadcast, the third group corresponding to a larger of the first and the second group.

04-09-2009

20080229352

System and Method for Providing Supplementary Interactive Content - A method and system for providing television programming content and interactive data services is provided. In one embodiment, the interactive content is displayed on the television concurrently with television programming content and facilitates game play between viewers. The game may be scored for each viewer based on selection data from the viewer and event data that is determined by events occurring in the television programming content. In addition, the interactive content may present a message that conveys an incentive to the viewer to take some action such as actuating a button when a particular commercial is presented thereby allowing the service provider and advertisers to determine how many, and which, viewers watched a particular commercial. In addition, the interactive content (including the incentives) can be presented to viewers when the programming content is stored on a digital video recorder and subsequently presented thereby presenting incentives to viewers to watch commercials that were recorded as part of the television programming content.

09-18-2008

20080263581

RECORDED COMMERCIAL OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - Methods, and apparatuses for optimizing advertisements for an end user during are provided. More specifically, a Television signal may be broadcast to the end user with commercial segments inserted therein. The commercial segments may be transmitted with meta tags that identify information related to the commercial segment. Data from the meta tag for a commercial segment may be compared to local parameters associated with the end user to identify a commercial that should be played during the commercial segment.

10-23-2008

Patent applications in class COMMERCIAL OR PROGRAM AIRING VERIFICATION SYSTEM